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JERRY LEE FORDHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1950 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJerry Lee Fordham, of Eastman, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Eastman, Georgia (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 30
- GREGORY DELGUIDICESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- JOHN ALOYSIUS DOWDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES DURHAMLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JOHN LIONEL FIELDERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 28
From Eastman
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JOSEPH MELVIN JONESMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.